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Under the 1983 amendments to Social Security, a previously enacted increase in the payroll tax rate was accelerated, additional employees were added to the system, the full-benefit retirement age was slowly increased, and up to one-half of the value of the Social Security benefit was made potentially taxable income.
Retired Social Security. In the United States, Social Security is the commonly used term for the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance ( OASDI) program and is administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA). [1] The Social Security Act was passed in 1935, [2] and the existing version of the Act, as amended, [3 ...
The United States Social Security Administration ( SSA) [2] is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability and survivor benefits. To qualify for most of these benefits, most workers pay Social Security taxes on their earnings; the claimant ...
Social Security is one of the most important and popular American institutions. As their golden years approach, many individuals look forward to the financial support provided by Social Security...
Full retirement age: 65 was considered the full retirement age for most of Social Security’s history. Gradual Increases: In 1983, the age of retirement was raised to 67, effectively cutting ...
1960 and later. 67. While the full retirement age used to be 65, changes to the program have increased that age. For example, those born in 1955 now have to wait an extra two months beyond age 66 ...
Social Security: Visions and Revisions (1986), a scholarly history of Social Security and retirement in the USA. online; Davidson, Liz (2016), The History of Retirement Benefits, Workforce.com; Graebner, William. A History of Retirement: The Meaning and Function of an American Institution, 1885-1978 (Yale UP, 1980): online
President Joe Biden campaigned on protecting Social Security and has slammed what he calls Republican efforts to gut the program through sunsetting, increasing the retirement age and reducing...